conniption
noun
con·nip·tion kə-ˈnip-shən 
: a fit of rage, hysteria, or alarm
went into conniptions
He had a conniption when his favorite TV program was preempted by a political speech.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The revelation that Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis wouldn’t play Thursday night had just started to sink in, with some fans throwing a conniption on Twitter, when coach Rick Carlisle matter-of-factly delivered fair warning about the weeks ahead. 
Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021 City residents and our leaders believe in science, don’t consider the virus a hoax and don’t have a conniption fit if a shopkeeper rightly reminds us to put on our mask. Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2020 Music licensees can see some of that but are having conniptions at the possibilities that the decrees would eventually be sunsetted and licensing would then take place in a free market. Ed Christman, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2019 The issue might seem remote, amid the constant political conniptions that increasingly characterize the American news cycle, but an economic and military frontier on the moon and cislunar space is rapidly coming to the fore. Jack H. Burke, National Review, 13 June 2019 One last thing though: On Wednesday, the sports world was having conniptions about Casey winning Coach of the Year over the almighty Brad Stevens. Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 May 2018 But plans to rename it after him were scrapped when people in the town nearly had a conniption. Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 5 May 2018 Marie Greyhounds, the entire junior hockey establishment went into conniption fits. Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018 After its sixth attempt, the Justice Department practically had a conniption fit. Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018 See More
Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021 City residents and our leaders believe in science, don’t consider the virus a hoax and don’t have a conniption fit if a shopkeeper rightly reminds us to put on our mask. Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2020 Music licensees can see some of that but are having conniptions at the possibilities that the decrees would eventually be sunsetted and licensing would then take place in a free market. Ed Christman, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2019 The issue might seem remote, amid the constant political conniptions that increasingly characterize the American news cycle, but an economic and military frontier on the moon and cislunar space is rapidly coming to the fore. Jack H. Burke, National Review, 13 June 2019 One last thing though: On Wednesday, the sports world was having conniptions about Casey winning Coach of the Year over the almighty Brad Stevens. Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 May 2018 But plans to rename it after him were scrapped when people in the town nearly had a conniption. Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 5 May 2018 Marie Greyhounds, the entire junior hockey establishment went into conniption fits. Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018 After its sixth attempt, the Justice Department practically had a conniption fit. Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
origin unknown
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above
- nonconsumption
- nonconsumptions
- nonconsumptive
- noncontact
- noncontacts
- noncontagious
- noncontemporaries
- noncontemporary
- noncontender
- noncontenders
- noncontent
- noncontentious
- noncontiguous
- noncontingent
- noncontinuous
- noncontinuous easement
- noncontraband
- noncontraceptive
- at-homeness
- at-large
- at/from an early age
- at/in close quarters
- at/in full sail
- at/in the back of one's mind
- at/in the forefront